In her message for the Day, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women explained that this year's theme captured the life of the women activists whose passion and commitment had brought change over generations and won women's rights. In his United Nations address, Secretary General Antonio Guterres acknowledged that "There are more girls in school than ever before; more women are doing paid work and in senior roles in the private sector, academia, politics, and in worldwide organizations" but also that "sexual harassment and abuse have been thriving in workplaces, public spaces, and private homes, in countries that pride themselves on their record of gender equality".

Visionscape is recognizing the women of the Visionscape community celebrating all month long with its series "The Women of Visionscape". As its popularity grew and grew, the United Nations began celebrating International Women's Day in 1975, which was also the International Women's Year.

Sherman's future with Seahawks in question
However, Sherman also told ESPN nothing is going on. "Haven't been told anything", Sherman told Anderson in a text message . Sherman played just nine games in 2017 before he suffered a season-ending ruptured Achilles tendon in Week 10.

"Gender equality is the unfinished business of our time".

A concerted effort across all sectors of our economy is necessary if we are to truly progress in our quest for gender equality.

Tourists take photos of "The Fearless Girl" statue as it stands across from the Wall Street's famous Charging Bull to draw attention to the gender equality and lack of female managers, March 9, 2017, in NY.

Matic stunner seals United comeback By
United trailed to goals from Andros Townsend and Patrick van Aanholt before Chris Smalling gave the visitors a lifeline. The Red Devils looked down and out early in the second half last night as they went two goals behind.

In the next major Windows 10 update, AI will play center stage
Users will still be able to enjoy the functionalities of the operating system in the same way its dedicated version was built for. In a blog post yesterday Microsoft showed off a new privacy screen settings layout available now to Windows Insiders.

Serena Williams plans to hold tennis event in Kenya
I'm just expecting to see where I am more than anything. " I definitely think Serena will be [in contention to win again], maybe not the first one or two tournaments but by the time the French Open and Wimbledon come around for sure ", Seles said.

It's the thinking auto from VW
Though the concept version is still several years away, the automaker did promise a trimmed down production version by 2022. Roughly the size of a Volkswagen Passat mid-size sedan, the ID Vizzion contains the interior volume of a much larger sedan.

Amazon Alexa now supports music streaming from Deezer
Amazon is reportedly working to cure the weird fits of laughter that overcome its personal assistant Alexa and creep out users . Users on Reddit also said they experienced random laughs and Alexa ignoring their commands, reported BuzzFeed .

Renault India celebrates the International Women's Day
The beauty of International Women's Day lies in the fact that it is not limited to any particular group or any one cause. The rich struggle and movement for women's rights have shaped the history of women's day as we know it today.